公开(公告)号：US09685810B1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-20

申请号：US14280184

申请日：2014-05-16

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Ramesh C. Bhardwaj ,  Taisup Hwang

IPC: H02J7/04 ,  H02J7/16 ,  H02J7/00 ,  B60L11/18

CPC classification number: H02J7/0093 ,  B60L11/185 ,  B60L11/1862 ,  B60L2240/80 ,  H02J7/0047 ,  H02J7/0052 ,  H02J7/0077 ,  H02J2007/005

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for intelligently charging a battery faster. In some embodiments, the method includes determining, by a computing device, a target state of charge (SOC) from a set of predefined SOCs, where at least one of the predefined SOCs is less than a 100% SOC. Further, the method includes determining, by the computing device, a state of a battery, where the state of the battery is indicative of one or more characteristics of the battery. Further, the method includes, based at least on the state of the battery, the computing device determining a pulse time and a rest time of a current for charging the battery to the target SOC. Yet further, the method may include the computing device charging the battery to the target SOC with the pulse time and the rest time of the current.